I've never heard of a meat raffle. Either it's not common around here or I'm not hanging out in the right bars. i had to google it and you're right that it's more prevalent in MN and Wisconsin but this article also mentions western NY. Our PA place is only only a few miles from NY but I haven't seen any notices about them. Although perhaps they're small town/local bar events that wouldn't advertise out of the area. I do see notices in upstate PA for 'Tricky Tray' fund raisers.

https://www.mashed.com/674899/the-untold-truth-of-meat-raffles/

My adult kids play cornhole with friends when they get together for BBQ's - it goes better with beer.

Maire

I’ve never heard of a meat raffle. Corn Hole has been popular down south for quite a while. It’s especially popular at tailgates to pass the time. It’s actually fun, portable, and somewhat like a version of horseshoes.

Don't know about meat raffle but corn hole is popular...I've seen people playing it at picnics and beer gardens and such.

No meat raffles here in MA that I know of. But we have played cornhole with friends and family. Interestingly, the first time my family was introduced to cornhole was at my cousin’s home in MN. We have a cornhole game now at our beach cottage. I think we all prefer ladder ball, tho!

These are not my people, just found pic online.

Isn’t cornhole a version of bean bag toss? I find the name curiously unappealing.

I agree about the name kswl. It is bean bag toss. I liken it to lightweight horseshoes.

I have not heard of a meat raffle but cornhole has been on my radar for years. My daughter purchased this version of cornhole at Anthro for her backyard wedding. It's super cute.

Cornhole ( hate the name) is at most every outdoor party here.

I went searching why its named what it is. Some guy changed from throwing rocks into the goal to a bag full of dry corn. So says ’the internet’.

Never heard of a meat raffle.

I‘ve never heard of a meat raffle. Cornhole is ubiquitous. The name used to bother me when I first heard it maybe 20 years ago, but it no longer does. I guess I’ve been desensitized!

Never heard of a meat raffle in my part of the South. When my daughter was in college and mentioned playing cornhole, I clutched my pearls and told her to never say that again. I’ve gotten inured to the name.

The first time I heard of a bar meat raffle was an episode of Rovers, a british comedy set in the clubhouse of a local football club. I thought it was a british thing!

Cornhole is trendy here too. Prior to cornhole I knew it as bean bag toss, and was mostly relegated to school field days! Before the pandemic it became the big thing to play at lunchtime in my office building.

Colorado. No meat raffles here. They put steaks on sale for Father's Day.....very few takers. I've played cornhole "once" my entire life. Frisbee Golf(the neighbors throw frisbees at the pine trees) and Pickleball are ALL the rage.

Kids play cornhole around here. College kids and adults play a harder version called "Washers" here. Instead of playing with bean bags-they play with large washers that are just a little smaller than the "holes" on a cornhole board-and, of course with beer! My hubby is really good at it LOL

Never heard of meat raffle.

Never heard if a meat raffle but ladder ball, corn hole and bocci are still very popular with my family in the yard just us or at barbecue backyard parties.

The first time i heard of a meat raffle was in an announcement by the little coal mining town in Pennsylvania where my parents grew up ( and left the moment they could). For $10 you could buy a chance to win a big pile of beef, along with the cooler. Actually, it sounded like some pretty nice cuts of beef, but you better own a freezer.

I see cornhole at every school and church fair. My son and I played at a casual outdoor restaurant last year and i notice that an upscale coffee shop nearby has a game in their outdoor seating area. Better than Jarts!

I’ve never heard of cornhole or meat raffle.

Love bocce, we keep it out back and play often. Not to brag, but I could probably win a world championship at this. If there was a bocce Olympics, I’d get the gold. If I could earn a good living at bocce, that’d be my career.

(Ok, yes! I‘m exaggerating up there. But I am pretty good.) 😁

Sueb - What game are those 2 playing in your photo?

Found it - ladderball - another misnomer.

We could always try caber toss!

Cornhole is ubiquitous in Maine. There is quite a cottage industry of selling custom cornhole boards too! Some of them are very beautiful.

I have heard of a meat raffle, but I dont know for sure that it was in Maine. We have lots of raffles though, 50-50s are the most prevalent.

Never heard of a meat raffle here in my area (TN). Having worked on a college campus, I, of course, know what cornhole is. It's pretty popular and you will see it at many outdoor gatherings. Pickleball is becoming pretty popular too.

I've seen a white building along a road I take and it has a meat raffle once a month. I never went in but it's been going on for years.

Never heard of a meat raffle.

Have played CornHole but prefer to just call it bean bags.

My family likes the yard game Kubb. I keep a set at both houses.

I've never heard of a meat raffle either, but I don't get out much. LOL

Kids got us a corn hole game for Christmas 2 years ago. It's something all ages can play and have fun.

Meat raffles are huge in Buffalo! Not here.

Yes, lot of Cornhole here, and there is even the American Cornhole Association which is located near where I work. They host the national championships. I am not kidding.

I am cracking up @gsciencechick! The ACA (who knew there was even one?) is in our general neck of the woods??😂😂 I am going to look this up to find out where it is…maybe I’ll attend nationals.😂

Sorry, it’s actually American Cornhole LEAGUE HQ.

You left out the latest fad--axe throwing.

Meat raffle? I’m afraid to know what that is. lol! I have heard of ”cornhole” (unfortunate as that is), but it’s not something done/played here.

jinx, you need to visit central NY: https://globalbocce.com/event/2022-world-series-of-bocce/

eta: $3200 for 1st place woman :)

That is a pretty decent payout at the Cornhole World Championships! $250,000! For throwing beanbags! 😂 The sponsors seem tilt heavily to tailgate supplies (Johnsonville (cured meats,) Bacardi, Mike’s Hard Lemonade…) This whole thing is cracking me uo. 😊 Might head down to Rock Hill for the excitement.

Party, I’m so there! :D

Watching cornhole on tv is very entertaining.